Good review. I was hoping a 6870 could beat a GTX 480 somehow but it doesn't by a longshot. I figured the performance would be like this though. It is more like a tier of the 5 series than performance to justify another series designation. Lets hope Nvidia doesn't do the same. This reminds me of 9 series Nvidia's "updated GPU means new GPU logic".

Good review. I was hoping a 6870 could beat a GTX 480 somehow but it doesn't by a longshot. I figured the performance would be like this though. It is more like a tier of the 5 series than performance to justify another series designation. Lets hope Nvidia doesn't do the same.

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Could be trippin major balls, but this is a better jump than 4770-5770

Think of these cards as 6770 in your head and BAM instantly the best jump so far

But when was the last time a new mid range card beat the current worlds most powerful single chip card?
The 6970 is the one that should beat the 480, it makes sense as well, high end vs high end instead of mid range vs high end.

But when was the last time a new mid range card beat the current worlds most powerful single chip card?
The 6970 is the one that should beat the 480, it makes sense as well, high end vs high end instead of mid range vs high end.

I was expecting high end single gpu against the other. When you argue apples to oranges you are changing the game in my opinion. Also these are of different generations too.

You guys sure get angry and insulting when others see it differently. You guys beat your wives on your free time?

I was simply hoping for something more impressive performance wise. Cost isn't as much of a concern for me right now as much as performance is. I would like to see 6970 SLi to see what it offers.

In a nutshell, what I was hoping for was higher performance and assumed it would come with higher prices on the cards offered. What it brought was low prices with pretty good performance but not enough to make me want to buy one.